LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Tanais

Tanais m sg (genitive Tanais)
Classical[ˈta.na.ɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.na.is]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingularDon (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)
  2. masculinesingulara male given name

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeTanais—
genitiveTanais—
dativeTanaī—
accusativeTanaim
Tanain		—
ablativeTanaī—
vocativeTanais—

Tănăis, is, m., = Τάναϊς.
I. The river Tanais, now the Don, Mel. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 1; 1, 2, 6 al.; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 6, 7, 7, § 19; Hor. C. 3, 10, 1; 3, 29, 28; 4, 15, 24 et saep.: Tanaimque nivalem, Verg. G. 4, 517; Liv. 38, 38.—Hence,
1. Tănăītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of the country near the Don, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 22; Amm. 31, 3, 1.—
2. Tă-năītis, ĭdis, f., she that lives by the Don, i. e. an Amazon, Sen. Hippol. 399.—
b. A river in Numidia, Sall. J. 90, 2.—
3. Tă-năītĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Don: potor Scythicae undae, Sid. Carm. 5, 479: crusta, id. ib. 11, 96.—
II. A proper name of a man, Verg. A. 12, 513; Hor. S. 1, 1, 105.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der. Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs)bor. Latin Tanais Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs).

Descendants
  • TranslingualTanais

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyTanaisTanais (Τάναϊς Ptol. 3.5.14, 5.9. § § 1, 2, &c.), a famous river, which in the course of time was universally assumed as the boundary between Europe a…GeographyTanaisTanais (Τάναϊς, Ptol. 3.5.26, 8.18.5), a town of Asiatic Sarmatia, lying on the more southern mouth and between both mouths of the river of the same n…

Quick answers

What does Tanais mean in Latin?
Tanais, a proper noun, means “Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in modern Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia); a male given name”.
What is the genitive of Tanais?
The genitive singular is Tanais. Tanais is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Tanais?
In classical Latin, [ˈta.na.ɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtaː.na.is].